gonna be a hell of a next 10 years
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
Is the movie set in some alternate Earth?
No, it's a future documentary like all science fiction films
― mh, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
the speed of quibbling doubles every 18 months
― goole, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://usuarios.multimania.es/pendorio/Covers/Various%20Artists%20-%20Los%20Angeles,%20November%202019%20(2010%20Reissue)_Folder.jpg
― mh, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
Given the context of the fake page hosting it, I think the TED talk video is supposed to be around fifty years before the 'now' of Prometheus, so there you go.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
need suggestions for autoreplacing every question mark Tuomas posts.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah the TED talk is Weyland talking about THE FUTURE and in the actual film there's an android
― mh, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
Ah okay, so Pearce will be an android in the movie? Makes sense.
I just read the movie's synopsis on IMDb:
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe.
Since the Aliens are bioweapons engineered by the Space Jockeys, the big reveal in this movie must be that humans were bioengineered by them as well, right? Hence the title "Prometheus" (and its allusion to Frankenstein and various other creating-life stories).
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
nah, Fassbender is the android, I think
― mh, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
ugh that would kind of suck, i always liked the idea of them just being random lifeforms we (and the space jockeys) were unlucky enough to come across
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
humanity must have been one of their failed early experiments
― Number None, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
of course i'm stoked for this but i really fear it's gonna be the exact same prequel retconning i fucking hate
not really feeling this fake ted talk /picky
― goole, Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:03 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark
yeah it was p lame and overdone
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
The fake TED talk makes Weyland look like a bombastic asshole. Seems about right.
― mh, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
guys what if the aliens were actually the crew of the prometheus that were mutated?!?
Everyone's an android /spoiler
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
xxxpost
WmC just replace "?" with "!!!"
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
That wouldn't reveal the origin of mankind though. Unless the aliens were sent back in time and became our ancestors.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
I think replacing all your question marks with exclamation points would indeed reveal the origin of mankind, though.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
we are all ~aliens~ if u think about it, from the right POV
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
"The fake TED talk makes Weyland look like a bombastic asshole."
in the trailer, on the TED screen there are livestreamed comments from the audience -- one of them is something to the effect of 'christ what an asshole'
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
from the right POV we are all backwards cowboy aliens
― (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
reverse cowgirl aliens
(sorry)
― butvi wouls (Phil D.), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXLzJhZa8PY&
― Number None, Saturday, 17 March 2012 13:18 (twelve years ago) link
As long as there are aliens of some sort in this, I think we're all good.
Why do future space people name things after tragic figures? Like, why would you name a planet Pandora and expect anything good to come of it? Why would you name a ship Prometheus? That's like naming your ship Icarus, your spelunking party Orpheus, or your son Oedipus. In the future, have the endings of all these Greek myths been forgotten?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 17 March 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
they named the ship Icarus in Sunshine. Actually even better, it's called Icarus II cos the first one disappeared on its mission to the Sun.
― Number None, Saturday, 17 March 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
was that the space jockey?
― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 17 March 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
indeed it was
― Number None, Saturday, 17 March 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
so it WASN'T a pred ship
― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 17 March 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
space jockeys:predators::OG Klingons:forehead ridge Klingons
― butvi wouls (Phil D.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
I liked Icarus II better than the original.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 17 March 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
yeahhh, why kid myself, i'm gonna go see this opening day
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 17 March 2012 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, March 17, 2012 10:44 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Number None, Saturday, March 17, 2012 10:46 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol this is all so otm
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 March 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
"i hereby unveil our advanced new interstellar ship... the Space Titanic!"
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 March 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.starshiptitanic.com/splash.jpg
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 17 March 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
http://theinfosphere.org/images/thumb/0/06/A_Flight_to_Remember.jpg/225px-A_Flight_to_Remember.jpg
Hahaha xp
― butvi wouls (Phil D.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
Why do future space people name things after tragic figures? Like, why would you name a planet Pandora and expect anything good to come of it? Why would you name a ship Prometheus? That's like naming your ship Icarus, your spelunking party Orpheus, or your son Oedipus. In the future, have the endings of all these Greek myths been forgotten?― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, March 17, 2012 10:44 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
He's a tragic figure in that he meets a pretty awful end, but he's definitely a scientific hero.
― lag∞na beach: the real ∞range c∞unty (beachville), Saturday, 17 March 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:40 (3 days ago) Permalink
yeah totally.
they have to come up with a really unique take to pull off what i think they're trying to do with this: mission to mars with monsters.
― enjoy your fleetfoxesocracy sheeple (latebloomer), Saturday, 17 March 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
Mars Needs Monsters
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 March 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
that was the original title but they pulled a john carter
― enjoy your fleetfoxesocracy sheeple (latebloomer), Saturday, 17 March 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
"ah fuck it, we'll make it into an Alien prequel"
― enjoy your fleetfoxesocracy sheeple (latebloomer), Saturday, 17 March 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
Meantime a little more about Weyland Industries:
https://www.weylandindustries.com/#/timeline
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 17 March 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
― butvi wouls (Phil D.), Saturday, March 17, 2012 2:59 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
speaking of redonkulous retcons/franchises filling in details that didn't need explicating, in Star Trek Enterprise they actually explained why the Kirk-era Klingons didn't have forehead ridges while the later ones did: A VIRUS!
― enjoy your fleetfoxesocracy sheeple (latebloomer), Saturday, 17 March 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
New full trailer sometime tonight and a sneak's been seen:
http://io9.com/5894182/weve-seen-the-first-full-trailer-for-ridley-scotts-prometheus
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 17 March 2012 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHcHYisZFLU&feature=player_embedded
― enjoy your fleetfoxesocracy sheeple (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ASt3JT_ppos/Tz7axtB4eEI/AAAAAAAAD6g/vyOpZBJFupk/s1600/1313834741941.png
― enjoy your fleetfoxesocracy sheeple (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
ridley scott, today at wondercon panel
my nips are fucking hard!xela1221 4 minutes ago 7
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
the opening of that looked just like the first Alien vs Predator movie
― enjoy your fleetfoxesocracy sheeple (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
looks cool though
― enjoy your fleetfoxesocracy sheeple (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:19 (twelve years ago) link